The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-09-16

possesses nlgn nutrltlVe value.
Professor Sanborn, of Columbia Col
lege, No, believes that ne-ground corn
cob meal has a high value and coarse cob
meal but little as pig feed. He thinks
the former better than clear meal
There is no way to prevent toads get
ting into the well except to cement over
the earth around the well for a circum-
ference of six feet, and the cover or top
of the well should be close and tight.
Good clover hay is always considered
as equal TO any other. 1t is the standard
by which all other grasses are compared,
and no farm is considered fully supplied
for the winter that has not had crop of
clover grown upon it,
Horses put to hard work will almost
surely show puffy spots under the harness,
which will soon make bad gals if neg
lected. Lift the harness and battle the
spots with cold water when the teams
rest at evening. Make sure that collars,
especially, fit well and are smooth and
! hard.
Immediately after a rain, or as soon as
the ground will permit, is the proper
time to cultivate the soil, as the grass
will then be more easily destroyed by
the suns rays when thrown up; while the
stirring of the soil for a few inches will
prevent loss of moisture after dry weather
shall again set in.
1t is true that the milk of cows that
are worried or frightened will sour much
quicker than when not so worried. In
fants fed with the milk of COWS worried
or heated by running (Which is some
times caused by boys in bringing them
from the pasture) will suffer from collie,
and often from diarrh9a.
Turkeys do little harm but great good
| on the farm from the time meadows are
moved until October. In their rambles
over the fields they destroy innumerable
! bugs, worms and grasshoppers that are
! injurious to crops. They should not be
allowed to 90 wild, however, but should
| be driven UP every evening to roost near
| the barns.
Sheep manure contains from ninety to
ninety-fve per cent. of the plant food
! contained in the rations consumed by the
sheep 1t is, therefore, very rich
! fertilizer, as experience has shown. 1t is
especially rich in nitrogen in an available
| form, and for that reason is excellent for
use as a starter in the hill for corn and
potatoes.
Scalv leg is caused by a minute insect
which burrows under the scales on the
shanks of fowls, causing them to enlarge.
This may be cured by dipping the shanks
of those affected into crude petroleum,
or mixture of lard and kerosene may
be thoroughly rubbed into the scales.
Repeat the treatment in ten days and the
cure will be completed.
Asparagus roots may be put down In
the fall, but the ground should be we'll
prepared in advance by filing trenches
with fresh manure and allowing the
manure to heat and decompOse in the
trench after covering with earth. In the
fall the manure and earth can be incorpor
ated, and the trench will be in excellent
condition for the roots.
Hungarian grass proper has black seed
mainly. The millets have yellow seed.
Hungarian grass has less head and more
stalk and leaf, and is less liable to rust,
and hence is a better hay crop and not
so good grain or seed crop. In select
inc seed for hay crop buy of a reliable
scotsman, and take that which has the
largest possible proportion of black seed.
Prominent poultrymen grow a large
crop of cabbage for winter use. In the
cold season the cabbage is either chopped
fine and fed to the hens or tied to small
stakes so that they can pick the heads at
will There is no great amount of nu-
triton in cabbage, but it serves as
change from grain to green and bulky
food. Every poultryman should lay by
a few for the hens.
By retaining the female lambs from
ewes that usually bear twins, and annu-
allv selecting from the most prolific
breeding stock, the number of lambs may
be gradually increased each year. Numer-
Gus experiments in Europe have demon
strated that the flock can be made to con-
sist of ewes that will regularly produce
twins, and sometimes triplets. But In so
selecting the ewes their capacity for pro
yidinC a proper amount of milk must not
be overlooked.
The Ne,o England Farmer says that
practical and successful men claim that
constant supply of salt for swine IS
safe preventive of diseases, and that by
its constant use the system is made
strong to ward off disease. When the
farmer has wood ashes and charcoal at
hand it is a great advantage to mix the
salt with them When the salt is given
at regular intervals it prevents them get
ting a mouthful of salt at once, and more,
they relish this mixture very much.
Mr. Henry Stewart, the well-known
writer upon stock feeding and kindred
subjects, says in the Dairy World that
he thinks there is no good reason why n
farmer should not combine the dairy and
beef rearing together. The COWS must
be kept to rear the calves. Then why